#HotCountrySkinny for June 19th/2018

LUKE BRYAN was talking about how security has changed since the Route 91 tragedy. For example, at the CMTs he couldn’t improvise and go mix it up with some fans who were hanging out across the street.

“It sucks that you have to think about it. You just can’t go love and hug-on fans like you used to.”

Quote, “I used to run and high five the whole damn street. That was prior to this new crazy world we’re living in. And guys that are advising me on security stuff . . . they’re like ‘We just don’t like you running, we don’t know what’s across there.’

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Yesterday was BLAKE SHELTON’s 42nd birthday and he got a cake that looked just like the thing he loves the most. Yes, alcohol. They made it look exactly like a bottle of Smithworks Vodka, which is the brand that he has a stake in.

He posted a clip of himself holding the cake and saying, quote, “Thank you Smithworks family, it’s the best birthday cake ever.” And then he took a massive bite out of the “cap.”